Gaelic typically refers to one of three closely related Celtic languages: Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge — see our Irish page), Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig, spoken by around 60,000 in the Scottish Highlands and Hebrides), or Manx Gaelic (revived, with under 2,000 active speakers). When a US client requests "Gaelic translation" our first question is which language they mean; the three are distinct, with different orthographies and vocabularies. Most US Gaelic translation work is genealogical — Scottish parish and emigration records being researched by descendants — rather than contemporary document translation.